Comments on: A meditation on washing dishes

By: Ronda Kay

Ronda Kay — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:27:03 +0000

Just discovered this great post via Tweet. LOVE THE PICTURE! Comforting to know that I’m not the only one with dirty stack guilt in the kitchen

My magic wand isn’t music – since a good beat makes me want to be outside, right now. But I’ve discovered that by listening to Dave Ramsey Show podcasts on my iPod I can get through dishes and any household tasks like lightning.

Dave is the ‘get out of debt’ guru [and expats are listeners too]. His call-in show is mesmerizing and funny, and now I calculate my household tasks by how many Dave Shows it will take me: A dirty dishes pile-up is 1.5, ironing is 1, full house cleaning is 3, etc.

Now if I could just find an iPod holder with auto-retract earphones to keep it all out of the suds, I’d be all set!

By: Nancie

Nancie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:56:39 +0000

Gives a whole new meaning to doing dishes!

By: Carson Washington

Carson Washington — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:59:07 +0000

i always remember the music of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. great music!.*-,

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:17:16 +0000

Music to dance by while washing dishes – Dire Straits – almost anything –
John Denver “Wild Montana Skies”
Gloria Estefan – Mi Tierra – is almost worn out
Any Argentine Tango
Jimmy Buffet

Loved the aritcle. Finding not just the sacred in the mundane but life in everyday
things

By: emily

emily — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:18:46 +0000

you are a woman after my own heart!
thanks for all of your articles!

By: Slava

Slava — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:34:13 +0000

Love this!!! All mundane works turns exciting with some loud soundtrack to it! The song that gets me going lately is Manu Chao’s “Me gustas tu” – it’s great for doing dishes, too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgjiPBCsss

By: claiborne

claiborne — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:11:07 +0000

loved this! Gave me a smile while facing Sunday night clean-up!

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:41:04 +0000

great to meet you tooooo:). SA united;)

By: Jared Krauss

Jared Krauss — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:26 +0000

You know, after my one class on Monday mornings, Arabic, and going to the gym, lunch at the cafeteria, and then finally getting back to my dorm, even though this is a easy day for me, you’d think cleaning is the last thing I’d want to do. However, on Mondays, I clean. In high school, after soccer practice, to relax, I used to come home and cook. Here, in college, to organize myself for the week to come, to be aware of what I need to do school wise and otherwise, I clean. I start with my dorm room, picking up trash, putting away clothes, preparing laundry, making my bed, organizing my desk, etc. Then I move on to the kitchen: dishes, dishes, dishes,counter tops, microwave, oven, stove, sink, floor, trash; it all has to get cleaned. Then, every two weeks or so I’ll hit the bathroom. We have a bathroom en suite that I share with two other guys and my roommate. I’ll first put away all the products every where, then clean down the sinks and counter tops, then move on to the floor of the bathroom, and yes-*gasp*the toilet too, then the shower. Once I’m finally done by laundry somehow got done in that process.

Then, when I can finally sit down to relax to catch up on the articles here or to do some reading or writing I realize that I was able to clean my white shoes and polish both my black and brown boots. It’s a peaceful atmosphere now.

I go through my stages of with music and without. No music during the cleaning of the kitchen or the bathroom, I need to think; then I blast the music, any music, I love all my music, while I clean my actual room.

My mother would drop dead if she actually knew how much cleaning I do.

The things that spur you to write during the day, even just a little bit.

Cheers Leigh,
Jared

By: nora

nora — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:44 +0000

hehe….Love it!! …. i personally like to sing it out loud as well. Its therapeutic